Here’s a question about abandoning faith from my old friend Peter Boghossian. My answer follows: Read the first few verses of Romans chapter 9. — Tom Gilson (@TomGilsonAuthor) October 9, 2017 Then another twitter user replied, Can you explain the significance of that passage (context, etc.)? — Shea Bigsby (@SheaBigs84) October 9, 2017 The Apostle …
“Being right has replaced loving one another as we love ourselves.” So says Erin Green in the Huffington Post, criticizing her alma mater, Biola University, for not affirming LGBTQ. (She wrote it a month ago. It’s still relevant.) Biola is a conservative evangelical Christian university. Green’s complaints against the school are based in her reading …
I like to change the appearance of this blog somewhat from time to time, but this is my most drastic change in years. The previous theme was built by my son, who is too gainfully employed elsewhere now — and doing more behind-the-scenes coding, rather than site design — to be able to keep it …
Adam Hamilton’s book Creed repeatedly affirms that belief is a choice, but for him it appears to be a stab in the dark, a matter of the will, not the mind.
I’ve been writing about the question of “keeping the cookies on the lower shelf” in Sunday morning sermons. Here are some ways you (as pastor) or your church can raise the level of discussion, and build discipleship of the mind, without leaving any listeners behind: Ask, “Who would have a problem with this biblical message, …
We’re teetering on the edge of persecution, near a tipping point. It might never happen, but on the other hand it could start at any moment. Is your church ready? At Any Moment… Historian Michael Kruger says that in the second century, persecution was often regional, rather than empire-wide. Persecution could hit you without affecting …
Apologetics is about being argumentative, right? That’s the reputation. The reality can and should be very different. Jonathan McLatchie demonstrates the real effect of knowing apologetics in this 10 minute video exchange with atheistDouglas Letkeman. Watch and observe: Watch how easily he answers. He doesn’t say more than necessary, because this is an artificial “intervention” …
“I try to keep the cookies on the lower shelf.” I keep hearing pastors saying that. It bothers me. Oh, I get it to a certain extent …
Adam Hamilton’s reasons for belief in God, as presented in the first chapter of his book Creed, are inexcusably unaware, inexcusably thin.
